Shayla Johnson

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	1 year and 6 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	Cleveland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Shayla Johnson was wrongly convicted on August 12, 2012 of drug trafficking, drug possession and possessing criminal tools on November 2, 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio. After her conviction following a bench trial, Shayla Johnson was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison. On June 27, 2013 the Ohio Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2017 vacated Johnson's convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence. The charges were dismissed on September 15, 2013. Johnson filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the State of Ohio under the state's wrongful imprisonment statute. On August 30, 2018 Johnson was awarded compensation of $114,000. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 27, 2013 the Ohio Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2017 vacated Johnson's convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$114,000 (State of Ohio, 8-30-2018)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State v. Johnson, 2013 Ohio 2692 (Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2013) (Reversing conviction and ordering dismissal bas on insufficient evidence of her guilt.)"
Information Location 1:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9992567333965094171&q=Shayla+Johnson&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36"
Information Source 2:	"Johnson v. State, 2017 Ohio 4181 (Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2017) (Affirming lower court ruling that Johnson was a wrongfully imprisoned person under the statute.)"
Information Location 2:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7341058068970139230&q=Shayla+Johnson&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36"
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Shayla Johnson

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

1 year and 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

Cleveland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 27, 2013 the Ohio Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2017 vacated Johnson's convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$114,000 (State of Ohio, 8-30-2018)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State v. Johnson, 2013 Ohio 2692 (Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2013) (Reversing conviction and ordering dismissal bas on insufficient evidence of her guilt.)"

Information Location 1:

"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9992567333965094171&q=Shayla+Johnson&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36"

Information Source 2:

"Johnson v. State, 2017 Ohio 4181 (Ohio: Court of Appeals, 8th Appellate Dist. 2017) (Affirming lower court ruling that Johnson was a wrongfully imprisoned person under the statute.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7341058068970139230&q=Shayla+Johnson&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36"

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